diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 01319705af0bc472d637b38d4dae06d5d5d7f43f..2a5cec5686ec73f64018cfc81640e79efcf47ce6 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -248,6 +248,7 @@ if(_LINTING)
     add_compiler_flag("-pedantic")
     add_compiler_flag("-Werror")
 
+    message(STATUS "PEDANTIC_CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS: [${PEDANTIC_CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS}]")
     set(TARGET_CAOSDB_COMPILE_FLAGS "${TARGET_CAOSDB_COMPILE_FLAGS} ${PEDANTIC_CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS}")
     set(TARGET_CCAOSDB_COMPILE_FLAGS "${TARGET_CCAOSDB_COMPILE_FLAGS} ${PEDANTIC_CMAKE_C_FLAGS}")
     set(TARGET_CXXCAOSDBCLI_COMPILE_FLAGS "${TARGET_CXXCAOSDBCLI_COMPILE_FLAGS} ${PEDANTIC_CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS}")
diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
index c9ee3574faa96a179c406cc727c1e1568c9b6e59..4fbdc46040edcca4d92de9122a6520488a573017 100644
--- a/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -92,8 +92,10 @@ if (LCOV_PATH)
         GENHTML_ARGS --rc lcov_branch_coverage=1
         )
     message(STATUS "Adding COMPILE_FLAGS for coverage: ${COVERAGE_COMPILER_FLAGS}")
-    set(TARGET_CAOSDB_COMPILE_FLAGS "${TARGET_CAOSDB_COMPILE_FLAGS} ${COVERAGE_COMPILER_FLAGS}" PARENT_SCOPE)
-    set(TARGET_CCAOSDB_COMPILE_FLAGS "${TARGET_CCAOSDB_COMPILE_FLAGS} ${COVERAGE_COMPILER_FLAGS}" PARENT_SCOPE)
+    set(TARGET_CAOSDB_COMPILE_FLAGS "${TARGET_CAOSDB_COMPILE_FLAGS} ${COVERAGE_COMPILER_FLAGS}")
+    set(TARGET_CCAOSDB_COMPILE_FLAGS "${TARGET_CCAOSDB_COMPILE_FLAGS} ${COVERAGE_COMPILER_FLAGS}")
+    set(TARGET_CAOSDB_COMPILE_FLAGS ${TARGET_CAOSDB_COMPILE_FLAGS} PARENT_SCOPE)
+    set(TARGET_CCAOSDB_COMPILE_FLAGS ${TARGET_CCAOSDB_COMPILE_FLAGS} PARENT_SCOPE)
     set_target_properties(caosdb PROPERTIES
         COMPILE_FLAGS "${TARGET_CAOSDB_COMPILE_FLAGS}")
     set_target_properties(ccaosdb PROPERTIES